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Red Velvet Cake with a Twist

This red velvet cake has a slight twist while making. Recipe courtesy of Peggy ‘Mabbz’ Machio.

Ingredients:

250ml / 8 fl oz Vegetable Oil

250g / 9 0z Caster Sugar

2 Medium Eggs

1 Tbsp Red Food Colouring (OR you can use beetroot powder or omit)

1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract (OR Seeds from 1 vanilla pod (optional)

1 Tbsp Lemon Juice

250g / 9 oz Plain Flour

25g / 1 oz cocoa

1 Heap Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

200g / 7 oz natural yoghurt

Icing

200g / 7 oz pack cream cheese

150 / 50 oz butter, softened

450g / 1lb icing sugar

Candy canes for decoration

Round cake tins and greaseproof paper

Method

1) Preheat oven to mark 4 (180°C)

2) Beat together oil and sugar then gradually beat in eggs, 1 at a time (will thicken), followed by vanilla extract, food colouring then lemon juice.

3) In another bowl, stir in the flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda together then beat half into oil mixture. Once fully mixed, beat in half yoghurt then repeat with remaining floor mixture and yoghurt.

4) Pour mixture into prepared cake tins, place in on middle shelf of the oven for 25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and pour out.

The Twist: My own addition is to beat in a half a cup of cream cheese at step 2. And do not take the 20 minutes literally. I pre-heat the oven to mark 7 and leave for about 35 min and put about 1 and half cups of flour.

Recipe Comments

posted by Blake on Feb 5, 2013

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posted by Jamal on Feb 5, 2013

So i stared listening to rock a couple of months ago and i fell in LOVE! i just enjoy the rhythm more than R&B or hip hop but idk that many bands so could u guys tell me what bands you love listening to. i listen to bands like three days grace, new politics, the maine, green day, and more.

posted by andresumoza on Feb 5, 2013

I know alot of people make a red velvet cake, but it is not the same. My grandmother used to make them for special occasions.

posted by Marlon P on Feb 12, 2013

Okay, well I’m trying to find some new GOOD bands. I’m more on the punk rock/acoustic side but I do like a lot of others genras (idk if I spelled that right?). My favorite bands are like: Paramore, The Academy Is…, All Time Low, A Rocket To The Moon, Jimmy Eat World, Metro Station, Panic! At The Disco, The Scene Aesthetic, We The Kings, etc.. You get the point. What else are some good bands you think I might like? It doesn’t matter, whatever comes to mind thankks.

posted by nick s on Feb 17, 2013

i need it asap for school. &also, I LOVE RED VELVET and i just want to make a twist for it.
thank you (:

posted by altair on Mar 18, 2013

Like Red Velvet Cake, pavlova or Black Forest Gateau.
Thank you.
Also, what drinks do they taste good with?

posted by Alex on Mar 21, 2013

It’s my friends birthday and I want to make her cupcakes with a bit of a twist.
I can’t really find recipes online so does anyone have any ideas of what I can mix into the mixture? Or when I should?
Also, what colour would the cake be if I didn’t put in the colouring? I was thinking of maybe adapting the recipe (regarding the flavour and so on..say, if it cocoa in it I would possibly put whisky or baileys), anyone have any ideas?